Thursday, October 09, 1997

WASHINGTON (BP)--A ban on partial-birth abortions once again has carried the House of Representatives overwhelmingly and once again will go to President Clinton for an expected veto.

The House adopted the Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act 296-132, gaining one more vote Oct. 8 than had been amassed in March. A second House vote this year was required when the Senate adopted a slightly amended version in May of a prohibition on a gruesome abortion procedure done on almost totally delivered babies ... Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--As America's oldest baby boomers continue their advance into middle age, an increasing number of observers warn many are likely to face economically bleak retirement years.

Boomers are "much less prepared financially for their retirement years than earlier generations," declared Robert C. Pozen, for example, managing director and general counsel of Fidelity Investments, who cited a study by the Investment Company Institute -- a national association of more than 5,000 mu... Read More

JARRETSVILLE, Md. (BP)--For more than 80 youngsters from homeless shelters in northern Virginia, it was a reprieve from the crowded confines of their urban quarters to a more rural and hopeful setting.

The Mt. Vernon Baptist Association, just outside Washington, sponsored a four-day rustic camp in Jarretsville, Md., this summer for children from homeless families living in transitional housing.

Fairfax County, where most of the youth live, has the highest median income of any county in the... Read More

NEW ORLEANS (BP)--"Read God's Word every day. It has become a magnificent obsession of mine," Jeannie Elliff told student wives at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary during the annual Leavell Lectures, Oct. 3-4.

Elliff, wife of Tom Elliff, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, was the featured speaker for the 1997 student wives conference and annual lecture series endowed by the family of Landrum P. Leavell II, president emeritus of New Orleans Seminary, in honor of his mother, ... Read More

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Biblical preaching is "the central weapon in our arsenal" for Christians seeking to bring about racial reconciliation, R. Albert Mohler Jr. said at an Oct. 7 conference in Louisville, Ky.

Speaking on the topic "Preaching in Perilous Times" at the seventh annual Cooperative Ministries Worship and Evangelism Conference, Mohler said the Apostle Paul ministered to people in first-century Corinth whose situation was quite similar to that of Americans at the end of the 20th ce... Read More

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--Evangelism, the Word of God and the name of Jesus are to be taken seriously, international evangelist Luis Palau told Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary students during an Oct. 8 chapel service.

Speaking on the first day of his four-day Greater Kansas City Campaign, Palau called listeners at the Kansas City, Mo., campus to regain the view of evangelism held by the Apostle Paul, as described in Romans 15:14-22. Directing listeners to Romans 15:16, Palau noted how Pa... Read More

OKLAHOMA CITY (BP)--"But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam (Iran)," saith the Lord.

When the government of Iran changed in 1979 with the overthrow of the Shaw, so did the years of freedom and westernization, said Tony Emamghoraishi, pastor of Iranian Baptist Church, a mission of Oklahoma City's Quail Springs Baptist Church.

GAZIANTEP, Turkey (BP)--The grenade was intended to destroy the Christian book stand and intimidate the small Christian community in Gaziantep, a city in southeastern Turkey.

Sadly, it did end a 4-year-old boy's life and wound 25 people. But it also brought together local Christians and their Muslim neighbors -- and allowed the man running the book stand to proclaim his faith on national television.

Authorities believe members of the little-known radical Islamic religious group VASAD ("Cen... Read More

GAZIANTEP, Turkey (BP)--The grenade was intended to destroy the Christian book stand and intimidate the small Christian community in Gaziantep, a city in southeastern Turkey.

Sadly, it did end a 4-year-old boy's life and wound 25 people. But it also brought together local Christians and their Muslim neighbors -- and allowed the man running the book stand to proclaim his faith on national television.

Authorities believe members of the little-known radical Islamic religious group VASAD ("Cen... Read More

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (BP)--James W. Edwards resigned Oct. 6 from his positions as chancellor and chief executive officer of William Carey College, Hattiesburg, Miss., in the aftermath of an investigation that concluded he "falsely represented" information on a 1994 federal grant application.

The Baptist-affiliated school's board of trustees immediately appointed Larry Kennedy, WCC vice president and dean of the Cooper School of Missions and Biblical Studies, to serve as chief executive officer.... Read More

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